7.7
TV
Acting
Jean Anderson
- Born
- Died
- (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Eastbourne, Sussex, England
- Credits
- 96 titles
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jean Anderson (12 December 1907 – 1 April 2001) was an English actress born in Eastbourne, Sussex. She is best remembered for her television roles as hard-faced matriarch Mary Hammond in the 1970s BBC drama The Brothers and as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook in the 1980s Second World War series Tenko .
She is also notable for playing the role of the Mother in The Railway Children in two separate BBC adaptations in 1951 and 1957.
Other TV credits include: Police Surgeon, Maigret, The Odd Man, The Man in Room 17, The Borderers, Paul Temple, Codename, Oil Strike North, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
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Signature work
Known For
7.7
TV
7.9
TV
Inspector Morse
6.5
Movie
Solomon and Sheba
6.2
TV
Casualty
6.0
Movie
The Lady Vanishes
6.8
Movie
The Three Lives of Thomasina
7.4
TV
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
6.4
Movie
A Town Like Alice
7.1
TV
Heartbeat
5.4
Movie
Lucky Jim
4.0
Movie
Screamtime
6.3
Movie
The Road Builder
5.3
Movie
Time Bomb
6.0
TV
Rebecca
7.3
TV
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
6.0
Movie
Half a Sixpence
6.3
TV
G.B.H.
5.4
Movie
Leon the Pig Farmer
Acting credits 96
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Endgame Film | Nell |
| 1999 | Simon Magus Film | Roise |
| 1997 | The Uninvited TV | (4 ep) |
| 1997 | Keeping Mum TV | Norma (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Rebecca TV | Grandma (2 ep) |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates TV | Alice Marsden (1 ep) |
| 1994 | The Whipping Boy Film | Queen Mum |
| 1994 | Moonacre TV | Miss Heliotrope (6 ep) |
| 1993 | Doctor Finlay TV | Mrs. Stirling (2 ep) |
| 1993 | Diana: Her True Story Film | Lady Fermoy |
| 1993 | Leon the Pig Farmer Film | Mrs Samuels |
| 1992 | The Bogie Man Film | Mrs Napier |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Victoria Wainwright (1 ep) |
| 1991 | The House of Eliott TV | Mrs. Spenser-Ewell (1 ep) |
| 1991 | G.B.H. TV | Dr Goldup (7 ep) |
| 1991 | The Black Velvet Gown Film | Madame Gallmington |
| 1991 | Tonight at 8.30 TV | Aunt Martha (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Do Not Disturb Film | Lady Ann |
| 1990 | O.M. Film | Lady Crewe |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances TV | Mrs. Fortescue (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Survival of the Fittest Film | Molly Cowper |
| 1990 | Circles Of Deceit Film | Dowager |
| 1989 | Screen One TV | Molly Cowper (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Back Home Film | Grandmother Dickinson |
| 1989 | Campion TV | Belle Lafcadio (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder TV | Mrs. Fane (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse TV | Lady Hinksey (1 ep) |
| 1986 | The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams Film | Mrs Langton-Jones |
| 1986 | Casualty TV | Rosie Collier, Jessie Baine (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Paris Film | Miss McLeod |
| 1985 | Summer Season TV | Miss McLeod (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Screen Two TV | Dowager (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Screamtime Film | Mildred Hurley |
| 1982 | Q.E.D. TV | Lady Euphemia Martin (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Tenko TV | Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook (20 ep) |
| 1981 | A Chance to Sit Down TV | Dolly (4 ep) |
| 1979 | The Lady Vanishes Film | Baroness |
| 1973 | Dear Parents Film | |
| 1972 | Scoop TV | Great Aunt Anne (7 ep) |
| 1972 | The Brothers TV | Mary Hammond (92 ep) |
| 1971 | Father's Help Film | Mrs. Harrogate |
| 1971 | Fathers and Sons TV | Princess Natasha (2 ep) |
| 1971 | The Road Builder Film | Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey |
| 1970 | Little Women TV | Aunt Josephine March (7 ep) |
| 1970 | Codename TV | Penelope Blanshard (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Wicked Women TV | Mrs. Wallace (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love Film | Matron |
| 1969 | Run a Crooked Mile Film | Sister Teresa |
| 1968 | The Triumph of Death Film | Mrs. Redvale |
| 1968 | Late Night Horror TV | Mrs. Redvale (1 ep) |
| 1967 | Half a Sixpence Film | Lady Botting |
| 1967 | St. Ives TV | Miss Gilchrist (6 ep) |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle TV | Ada Grey (1 ep) |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month TV | Miss Ramsden (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Thursday Theatre TV | Monica Pleydon MP (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play TV | Mrs. Grant (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Silent Playground Film | Mrs. Lacey |
| 1963 | The Three Lives of Thomasina Film | Mrs. MacKenzie |
| 1963 | Lorna Doone TV | (11 ep) |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook TV | Lady Mary McDowell, Mrs. Gordon (1 ep) |